| Lonesome Loser | |
| Cover: | Lonesome Loser by LRB.png |
| Caption: | British promotional 7" cover art |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Little River Band |
| Album: | First Under the Wire |
| B-Side: | "Another Runway"/"Shut Down Turn Off" |
| Released: | July 1979 |
| Genre: | Soft rock |
| Length: | 3:30 (promo version) 3:45 (single version) 3:59 (album version) |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | John Boylan, Little River Band |
| Prev Title: | Lady |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Cool Change |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Lonesome Loser" is a song written by David Briggs and performed by Australian soft rock music group Little River Band. Released in July 1979 as the lead single from their fifth studio album First Under the Wire, the song peaked at number 19 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart. The song also peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's third top 10 hit and sixth overall top 40 hit in the United States.[1]
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 19 | |
| Canada (RPM Top Singles)[3] | 3 | |
| Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)[4] | 10 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | |
| US (Billboard Hot 100)[5] | 6 | |
| US (Adult Contemporary)[6] | 15 | |
| US (Cash Box Top 100)[7] | 7 |
| Chart (1979) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (RPM Top Singles)[8] | 36 | |
| U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)[9] | 66 | |
| U.S. (Cash Box)[10] | 43 |
